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what is dot? and delta of t?

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:45 pm
by mcobb
Hi,
Sorry if this is a dumb question but I can't find a definition of dot as in mapdot and tpsdot?
and why it differs from map or tps graphs?
Also what is delta of T?
I'm trying to track down a surging issue & datalog is showing noise on delta of T at the surging.
any thoughts?
thanks
marc

Re: what is dot? and delta of t?

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:49 am
by Matt Cramer
mcobb wrote:Hi,
Sorry if this is a dumb question but I can't find a definition of dot as in mapdot and tpsdot? and why it differs from map or tps graphs?
It's from Newtonian calculus notation for the first derivative. In non-mathematician terms, it is the slope of the MAP and TPS graphs. 100%/sec TPSdot would be moving the throttle from 0 to 100% opening in 1 second, for example.
Also what is delta of T?
I'm trying to track down a surging issue & datalog is showing noise on delta of T at the surging.
any thoughts?
thanks
marc
That one I'm not sure of - it seems to be a track of the amount of time difference between ignition pulses, but in practice the way it's logged makes it not very useful for troubleshooting.

Re: what is dot? and delta of t?

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:04 pm
by DonTZ125
'delta' is the notation for change - 'delta-T' is the change in variable T.

Re: what is dot? and delta of t?

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:23 pm
by mcobb
T being time?
as in milliseconds?
Is this then change in vr pulse as engine accelerates, & decelerates?
thanks
marc

Re: what is dot? and delta of t?

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:37 pm
by DonTZ125
'T' is typically either Time or Temperature; in the context of tpsDOT and rpmDOT it makes sense that we're discussing time.
mcobb wrote:Is this then change in vr pulse as engine accelerates, & decelerates?
Not sure where you're going with this. Could you post a screen-shot of what you're looking at?

Re: what is dot? and delta of t?

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:05 am
by Bernard Fife
Guys,

There are descriptions of all the datalog channels here: http://www.megamanual.com/mt29.htm#fl

Lance.